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ArtHouse is a new modern student community for Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) on the North Park Blocks in the arts-focused Pearl District. The building will operate as art on different scales: from building as art, to spaces that showcase art, to places to make art.

ArtHouse includes a mix of studios, two-, and three-bedroom layouts with both private and shared bedrooms in 50 unique apartments. The building has a lobby that doubles as a gallery and event space with direct access to a community room, outdoor rain garden, sun deck and a generous bike room. ArtHouse also houses two retail shops and an office for management and residential services on the ground floor.

“This facility was needed to actually say we have a campus.” - Tom Manley, President of PNCA

“Students will be more successful, we believe, in a place that affects them positively. ArtHouse is an expression of that idea." "We believe environment influences behavior," - Tom Cody, Project PDX

The first floor of the building is the PNCA leasing office and doubles as a lobby and gallery space. This area includes three retail spaces and a restaurant. This project was a fast track split-permit process with the City of Portland. Scope of work included coordination of design and build mechanical, plumbing, electrical and fire sprinklers. WALSH also provided value engineering options totaling $290,000 of which $194,000 were taken, on a $6.7 million dollar project, resulting in a construction cost reduction of 3%.